Album review: 'Arka'

The Moho Collective
is back, baby, opening its new instrumental EP "Arka" with "I'm a Real Boy."
It's all funky sledgehammer drums and guitar, giving the finger to the
apocalypse as the music careens out of your preferred listening device. This
record shows off the band's staggering talent and dexterity, which can get lost
in the volume of the visceral live performance. "Arka" is what the band really
sounds like: simultaneously pristine and raw. The song "Duff Duff" will knock
you on your ass ass.

The songwriting
comes from all three members — guitarist Kurt Johnson, bassist Justin Rister,
and drummer Ryan Barclay — offering some cohesiveness to the grand gestures of
the band. It's as if The Moho Collective were a one-man band with six arms.
Holy shit, that's 30 fingers.